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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Murad's teeth black at the start of Chapter 1?

2. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?

3. How does Nur's wife describe the people who visit him nightly?

4. Who is Nur?

5. What does the old woman who enters Nur's room while he and Imtiaz are fighting say to Imtiaz?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Deven feel about Nur's letter asking him to be his secretary? Describe Murad and Deven's discussion regarding this matter in Chapter 5.

2. What does Nur tell his groups of friends Deven is there to do during his first visit in Chapter 3?

3. What scene does Deven encounter when he follows Nur and the sounds of screaming during his first visit in Chapter 3?

4. Who performs on the divan at Nur's when Deven visits in Chapter 5? How does Deven feel about this person and performance?

5. What excuse does Deven give to Nur for why he teaches Hindi rather than work in Urdu?

6. Why does Deven go to the college rather than home when he first returns to Mirpore after his first visit to Delhi? What does he do at the college?

7. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps when he first meets him?

8. What does Deven do for work? What does Murad do for work? How or why did they each come by these jobs?

9. How does Deven react when Murad tells him he will not be going to Nur's with him? What does Murad do to try to appease his friend?

10. Why is Deven unable to ask Nur for an interview during his first visit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of In Custody. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.

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